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RealClimate’s Touchy Censors II

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Seems the environmental movement's RealClimate blog's touchy censors are at it again. A Prometheus commenter says: "It may be real climate, but it sure ain't real science." ...
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Censoring Global Warming Skeptics

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"This isn't about censorship, it's a question of quality control." -Bob Ward, former spokesman for Britain's Royal Society, on a campaign he is organizing to block the DVD release of a British documentary skeptical of the notion that human beings ...
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The Polka Dotted House Gambit

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Local preservation officials in a "planned community" outside Atlanta reject homeowner's renovation plan that would add a front stoop to his house. The Squeaky Wheel, or in this Case, the Polka Dotted House, Gets the Grease Avondale Estates, a suburb ...
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Neighbors’ Views Trump Homeowner’s, When It Comes to Building an Addition

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In the name preserving "open space" and the "historic fabric" of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, a group of preservationist elitists stop a homeowner - for three years - from adding modest additions to her historic home to meet her family's ...
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Hogberg Praises Bush Health Plan

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The National Center for Public Policy Research's David Hogberg participated in a debate at PublicSquare.net over President Bush's health insurance tax proposal. The first entry was written by Karen Davis of the Commonwealth Fund and the second by David W ...
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Smelling Delicious a Civil Offense in New York City

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Coffee company spends over $30,000 fighting New York City's air pollution citation for smell of roasted coffee. In New York City, Smelling Delicious Can Get You Fined New York City's Gillies Coffee Co., founded in 1840 and one of the ...
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Smoking Bans Hurt Neighborhood Restaurants and Bars

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New York's smoking ban causes the closure of a popular Buffalo bar and restaurant, leaving nearly 20 employees without work. Small Neighborhood Restaurants and Bars Hurt Most by Smoking Bans The Royal Pheasant, a popular bar and restaurant in Buffalo, ...
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Smoking Bans Hurt Small Business

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Delaware's indoor public smoking ban cost one establishment 70 percent of its business and a $350 fine from the state's health department. Small Business in Financial Trouble After Delaware Smoking Law Forces Patrons Across State Lines The Delaware legislature has ...
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The Global Warming Argument: Win It, Don’t Spin It (If You Can)

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A for-profit public relations agency sent me a link and an excerpt to the story "Thanks for the Facts. Now Sell Them" by Matthew C. Nisbet and Chris Mooney in Sunday's Washington Post, with the suggestion that I might like ...
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Birds ‘Struggle to Cope’ …With More Plentiful Food?

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Birds harmed by global warming? That's what the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and a headline writer for this story want you to believe: Birds 'Struggle to Cope' with Climate Change Birds are finding it increasingly difficult ...
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